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Authenticity, Authorship, and Authority in Social Media

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Last week I attended the MESH conference for the second consecutive year and once again the issue arose around evaluating the use of social media technology by a commercial enterprise. To varying degrees it came up in three consecutive sessions, the most electric of which was a mosh pit with a panel of representatives from […]

Landing on Planet Drupal (or trying to)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

It’s been just almost a year since I focused my professional attention onto usability for web applications and launched this web site. I’ve known for about eleven-and-a-half months that, as a hybrid between a blog and a business web site, this site has significant issues. My goal was to see if I could mix my […]

Save My Authenticity!

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

A curious bit of personal history came to mind after I read Rachel Clarke’s blog post about an online game (SaveMyHusband.com) which is based on a fake kidnapping. Rachel picked up on my ‘We Were Framed’ post in which I explain how we use ‘frames’ to distinguish the real from the fake. She also summarized […]

Dear B

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Dear B,
I’ve thought about this moment for a long time now, wondering how it would unfold. Would it be spectacular? Would it be ‘like fireworks’? Would I say something stupid? Would I feel embarrassed afterwards? Would people respect me?
And here it is - we are finally doing this together. Yet I don’t even […]

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